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Aunt Phillis's Cabin
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Title: Aunt Phillis's Cabin Or, Southern Life As It Is
Author: Mary H. Eastman
Release Date: September 24, 2005 [EBook #16741]
Language: English
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AUNT PHILLIS'S CABIN;
OR,
SOUTHERN LIFE AS IT IS.
BY
MRS. MARY H. EASTMAN.
PHILADELPHIA: LIPPINCOTT, GRAMBO & CO. 1852.
Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1862, by
LIPPINCOTT, GRAMBO & CO.
in the Clerk's Office of the District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.
Transcriber's note: Minor typos in text corrected. Footnotes moved to end of text.
PREFACE.
A writer on Slavery has no difficulty in tracing back its origin. There is also the advantage of finding it, with its continued history, and the laws given by God to govern his own institution, in the Holy Bible. Neither profane history, tradition, nor philosophical research are required to prove its origin or existence; though they, as all things must, come forward to substantiate the truth of the Scriptures. God, wh